2007-12-13
A war of words between China and Vietnam over a disputed chain of islands in the South China Sea has intensified, with Beijing's announcement that an anti-China protest in Hanoi had damaged bilateral ties.

2007-03-16
A top dissident Buddhist leader in Vietnam has spoken out against the detention in Ho Chi Minh City of a Norwegian woman who came to present him with a prestigious human rights award, amid signs of a tough new crackdown on dissent.